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Boosting plant-Endophyte STability, compatibility and Performance Across ScaleS (BestPass)
Start date: Sep 1, 2015, End date: Aug 31, 2019,
We need to increase the crop yield while reducing pesticide and use of inorganic fertiliser to meet the challenges of world population growth and climate change. Plant endophytic microorganisms can improve plant yield and enhance plant tolerance to abiotic stress as well as to pathogens under experimental conditions, but these effects are often not sufficiently stable for practical application. Ho ...
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Enhancing biomass production from marginal lands with perennial grasses (GRASSMARGINS)
Start date: Oct 1, 2011, End date: Sep 30, 2015,
Perennial grasses, which once established can be harvested and re-grow annually for many decades, have a number of other beneficial characteristics which suit them as biomass crops. These include high resource use efficiency, high productivity, good environmental qualities and a wide range of end uses. Environmental benefits include high rates of soil carbon sequestration, enhanced biodiversity an ...
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Improving Plant Cell Walls for Use as a Renewable Industrial Feedstock (RENEWALL)
Start date: Aug 1, 2008, End date: Jul 31, 2012,
"With oil reserves diminishing and the effects of industrial emissions on global climate, there is a need for renewable carbon-neutral industrial feedstocks. First generation biorefineries, producing biofuels and bioplastics by the fermentation of sugar or starch, are seeing a rapid expansion and are adding stress to food supplies. A more sustainable option is to use plant biomass from agricultura ...
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